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meets with sufficient incouragement to remain there- remember me to him, Ancn AusTIN [Rubric] There is a vessel advertised for your Colony and-will probably sail in about a Fortnight-The Robert Sentor Schooner- Mr. Perry sent the cloth for your coat to this city, which is now Qlaking up, I hope it will be finished in time to go by l\fr. Trent who leaves this his Brother tells me nbout the Inst of this. mouth for your Colony Henrys wife told me this Evening she ha.cl written a lett~r to you given it to John to send by Mr Treat who expected to go in the vessel alluded to I proposed her letting me send it with this, but John was of opinion that it would reach him quicker the other way, I however do not believe it will by some weeks- I send you n file of the America.n which you will probably find interesting, and to Henry they must be particularly so altho' we have been deprived of arrivals by a long storm- [Acldressed :] Col 0 S. F. Austin, San Felipe de Austin Texas.
RAMON MUSQUIZ TO AUSTIN
GEFATmta DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE BEJAR Por el oficio de V. fha. 18. de Sepe ultimo he bisto con la mayor satisfaccion que la asamblea Electoral de partido en este Departamt 0 depocito en V la confianza de los pueblos sus comitentes nornbrandole cliputaclo al cuerpo Legislativo, por cuya asertada eleccion y bien merecida confianza me congratulo y cloy nV. las mas exprecivas enorabuenas. Aunque mis luces no pucden llegar al grado de ilustrar aV. sobre las importantes materias a que se contrae en su citaclo oficio, desenndo obsequiar su boluntad en esta parte me ocuparc para cunndo llegue el caso de que V. marche n exercer las funciones de sti ministerio de formar algunos apuntes que le sirvan de entretenimfo en nlgunos momentos, mas bien que de ilustrnr sus esclnrecidos talentos y bien conocido juicio y literatura, aprovechando con este motiv~ la ocacion de r·eproducir aV. el aprecio y alta consideracion que debo. Dios y Libertad Bejar 11. de Nobe de_1830. I RAMON 1\1:uSQUIZ [Rubric] Ciudno Estevan F. Austin Diput.ndo nombrado pr. este De- partamento-
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